Αἱμοπότης
blood-drinker
Translated by Catharine Roth8 Jan 2003Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a murderer.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Αἱμοπότης· ὁ φονεύς.
Betacode
*ai(mopo/ths: o( foneu/s.
Notes
- Likewise in ps.-Zonaras.
LSJ s.v. gloss the headword as a variant ofai(matopw/ths (Aristophanes, Knights 198); cf. alphaiota 194. The feminineai(mopo/tis is an epithet of Hecate.